Shelocta vs Smicksburg

A side-by-side comparison of Shelocta and Smicksburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Shelocta and Smicksburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelocta has the higher population (59 vs 56 in Smicksburg). Smicksburg has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $51,250 in Shelocta). Since 2019, Smicksburg's population has grown faster (+9.8% vs -43.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
Population	59	56
Median age	57.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$56,000
Median home value	—	$85,000
Median gross rent	$940	—
Housing units	30	29
Homeownership rate	60.7%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
Population	104 → 59 (-43.3%)	51 → 56 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$62,917 → $51,250 (-18.5%)	$28,750 → $56,000 (+94.8%)
Median home value	—	$67,100 → $85,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $940 (+40.9%)	—

Shelocta

Population

10459

Median household income

$62,917$51,250

Median gross rent

$667$940

Smicksburg

Population

5156

Median household income

$28,750$56,000

Median home value

$67,100$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	27.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	22.0%	37.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	1.8%
75 and over	22.0%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	36.4%
High school graduate	60.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
Drove alone	61.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
1-unit, detached	66.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelocta	Smicksburg
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938